School Holiday Fitness in Durham
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This one is about the state of obesity amongst North Eastern Children. Please don't think i am being condisending here i just really want to change the growing childhood obesity epidemic.
When i first moved to County Durham i carried out a bit of research about obesity, CHD's, strokes, diabetes and other illnesses related to being overweight.
Because that's what they all are:
What i found out shocked me, County Durham is the second worse place in UK for most of the above issues, and the second worse place in Europe for others. Unlike football we are streets ahead of our European counterparts when it comes to poor health related to eating too much of the wrong sort of food.
The worrying thing is that childhood diabetes and obesity is some of the worste in Europe and within Eastern County Durham in particular it is a UK / Europe wide trouble spot.
A child with obesity or diabetes is 4 times more likely to suffer with these issues later as an adult and much more likely to have a less productive life.
I took war lass and the girls to the North East live show and the amount of morbidly obese little girls we noticed disturbed us, these poor children are not being given a fair chance at an adult life because they are already suffering from poor health including a lack concentrating, breathing problems, irregular body functions not to mention self esteem and other emotional hormonal issues.
Parenting is not easy however giving in to your childs wishes for fast food or grey carbs every day could be shortening your childs life by decades, this is not an easy pill to swallow but is the truth.
What to do:
- TAKE FULL RESPONSIBILTY for your childs health.
- Eat healthier as a family, learn whats good and bad. It isnt too hard just google it.
- Make them move more, even a long walk each day is better than just watching tv eating.
- Drink more water and try and ditch fizzy high sugar drinks, even diet drinks are not good for your child.
- If you can get them into a sport or get them into a gym.
If you live near Chester Le Street
- We are offering a free consultation to help tackle any health concerns of your kids.
- A summer holiday gym membership for your kids for only £25 for the whole of July and August.
- A training plan specifically to help with youth weight loss.
Ladies at Leisure 182 Front Street
01913874222
Appologies to the converted, others if the cap fits wear it and please make a healthy change today.
Glenn (fitness geek) Hill
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